Longreach Pastoral College

The Longreach campus was originally set up as Queensland’s first rural training school in 1967. It is 3.5 kilometres east of Longreach in western Queensland.

The College property is a 10 867 hectare Mitchell Grass grazing operation that has 160 horses, 600 beef cattle and 1100 sheep. The area carries the College's El Pascol studs including the Australian Stock Horse and Quarter Horse Studs, Santa Gertrudis Beef Cattle Stud and Poll Merino Sheep Stud.

The College specialises in training for:

beef cattle production
horse breeding and horsemanship
sheep and wool
farm production
livestock and station skills

The Longreach region
Longreach is often described as the heart of the famous Queensland Outback. With a population of about 4500 people, Longreach is Queensland’s largest outback town. The remote and flat landscape is home to a wide array of wildlife including kangaroos and emus.

Longreach is surrounded by vast sheep and cattle stations, which thrive on the Mitchell Grass Plains. With 1 million sheep and an abundance of cattle, the area is one of Australia’s major wool growing and cattle breeding areas. Meat goats, aquaculture, tourism, bush tucker, cottage crafts, and organically grown beef are just some of the industries thriving in Longreach and surrounding districts.

Longreach is renowned as the home of the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame. Other attractions in and around Longreach include:

the Qantas Founders’ Outback Museum
the Longreach School of Distance Education
Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton
Lark Quarry dinosaur tracks west of Winton
Ilfracombe Folk Museum
property tours.
The town of Longreach has facilities including:

a cinema, library
arts and cultural centre
a large choice of public bars, restaurants and coffee shops
sporting facilities.
Longreach is linked to other major centres by daily flights and regular bus and rail services